ISLE Developers & Users
The following people have experience with the ISLE approach in different instructional settings and areas of physics education.
Eugenia Etkina
Large enrollment algebra-based classes, high school classes, physics teacher preparation and professional development, the founder of the ISLE approach, and a few other things.
David Brookes
Large enrollment algebra-based classes, small enrollment calculus-based classes in studio format, expert on language, ISLE process, ISLE problems, and ISLE assessment.
Gorazd Planinsic
gorazd.planinsic@fmf.uni-lj.si
Courses for pre-service non-physics and physics teachers, expert on the experimental aspects of the ISLE approach and ISLE-based experimental problems, creator of many new types of problems.
Mike Gentile
Large enrollment algebra-based classes, expert on ISLE-based labs and ISLE-based reflection.
Jim Flakker
High school, expert on ISLEization, AP courses, website design and maintenance.
Suzanne Brahmia
Large enrollment calculus-based courses for at-risk engineers, expert on mathematical reasoning.
Matt Blackman
High school, AP physics, expert on motivation and ISLE computer games.
Xueli Zou
Small enrollment calculus-based classes, expert on ISLE design experiments.
Alan Van Heuvelen
December 15, 1938 – August 11, 2024
Instrumental in the development of ISLE.